Adebayor - Row is behind us

Wenger can't understand the fuss surrounding altercation

Last updated: 26th January 2008

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Emmanuel Adebayor is confident his spat with Arsenal team-mate Nicklas Bendtner will not lead to any lasting issues.

The two strikers tangled during Arsenal's Carling Cup defeat to Tottenham in midweek, with Adebayor appearing to butt Bendtner.

The Togo international has since apologised for the incident, but does not believe it will derail the Gunners' quest for trophies.

"It's all finished because we are all footballers and we all play for Arsenal and that is more important," Adebayor told Sky Sports.

Passionate

"You need sometimes to talk and wake ourselves up, and that's what we've done on Tuesday, and at the moment everything is behind us and is finished.

"We have talked a lot in the week with the boss. As big guys we have to show some character and on Tuesday we are very sorry about what happened.

"We are all passionate about this club and we want to win a lot of things with this club, and sometimes things go the wrong way.

"It's part of football and of learning. We are still young. He's 19, I'm 23, he is learning, I'm learning and we want to keep on learning."

Adebayor escaped any disciplinary action, but Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger did not see a reason why the FA should become involved in the matter.

"Everyone has played football and in what team does that kind of incident not happen?" said Wenger.

Shocked

"I am surprised that in a country with such a history in the game that so much is made of it.

"We have an incident where someone might have been touched a tiny bit and everyone is shocked. People are shocked, but I was not shocked.

"Why should he have been suspended? Who has seen that he has hit his team-mate?

"There were 200 photographers and seven cameras around the pitch and everyone tried to find one where Adebayor hit Bendtner - but they didn't find anything.

"So why should anyone come to the conclusion that Adebayor hit Bendtner? If they had he would have been suspended.

"We deal with it internally. We are quite severe when we feel the players have to be punished - but everyone tried to prove that Adebayor hit Bendtner and nobody found anything.

"Bendtner did not say that he was hit.

"Both of them apologised because it didn't project the right sort of image and it shocked your [the media's] virgin view of the game."